Josh Norman-Dez Bryant trash talk leads to scuffle after Redskins-Cowboys game

Ron Clements

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For the second straight year on Thanksgiving, Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant lined up across from Josh Norman.

Norman was with the Panthers last year and shut down Bryant, holding him to two catches for 26 yards in a 33-14 Panthers win. 

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Bryant got a little revenge Thursday. Norman is now with the Redskins and Bryant caught five passes for 72 yards in a 31-26 Cowboys victory. Three of those catches were against Norman, who was credited with four tackles but zero pass breakups.

The two were going back and forth for much of the game, and the animosity continued after the final play. Bryant and Norman were shoving each other at midfield and had to be separated.

Norman had shoved Bryant in the back while the two were in the end zone earlier in the game, causing Bryant to bump an official. The trash talk continued throughout the game and beyond.

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"Tell Washington to get their money back," Bryant told reporters as he walked to the locker room following the game, citing the five-year, $75 million deal Norman got from the Redskins in April. 

He repeated that line to NFL Network after saying Norman was the "emotional one."

"I was just wearing his ass out the entire night and Washington needs to get its money back," Bryant said.

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Bryant was also quick to tweet following the game, saying he would post film through the week showing "how Norman got exposed." He told NFL Network the same thing.

"You supposed to be a lockdown corner, and you can't even play, man," Bryant later told reporters. "He was scared."

Norman had a ready answer for all that.

"He can go cry, holler, hoot, whatever he wants to do. At the end of the day, like I said, zero touchdowns (in three meetings)," he told reporters (per ESPN.com).

The Panthers, with Norman, rolled to a 15-1 regular-season record last year and wound up in the Super Bowl. This year, it's Bryant's Cowboys who own an NFL-best 10-1 record and are looking like Super Bowl contenders.

Ron Clements